{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox film | name = Piragu | image =
| caption = | director = N. Jeeva | producer = R. Saravana<br />S. K. Chandhrasekar | writer = N. Jeeva | starring = {{ubl|[[Hamsavardhan]]|[[Keerthi Chawla]]|[[Sunitha Varma]]}} | music = [[Srikanth Deva]] | cinematography = A. Kasi Vishwa | editing = A. P. Manivannan | distributor = | studio = Dreamland Movies | released = {{Film date|df=y|2007|09|21}} | runtime = 145 minutes | country = India | language = Tamil }}
'''''Piragu''''' ({{translation|''Then''}}) is a 2007 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[crime drama film]] directed by N. Jeeva. The film stars [[Hamsavardhan]], [[Keerthi Chawla]] and [[Sunitha Varma]], with [[Vadivelu]], [[Kadhal Dhandapani]], [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[Sabitha Anand]], Emey, and [[Karate Raja]] playing supporting roles. The film, produced by R. Saravana and S. K. Chandhrasekar, had music by [[Srikanth Deva]], cinematography by A. Kasi Vishwa, and editing by A. P. Manivannan. The film released on 21 September 2007.
==Plot==
Sathya ([[Hamsavardhan]]) is a [[drama]] director in his village who lives with his father Ramaiah ([[Malaysia Vasudevan]]), a respected [[Koothu]] artist, and his mother ([[Sabitha Anand]]). The village belle Thulasi ([[Keerthi Chawla]]), Sathya's relative, is in love with him since her childhood. Sathya comes to Chennai with hopes of becoming a cinema director one day. In [[Chennai]], he lost his luggage and contact addresses. He is now left penniless and has nowhere to go. Sofia ([[Sunitha Varma]]), a small mechanic shop owner, gives him food to eat and accommodates him in her mechanic shop. In turn, Sathya helps her repair [[motorcycles]] besides looking for a film producer. Afterwards, Sofia falls in love with Sathya. At last, impressed by Sathya's story, a film producer accepts to producer his film. The same day, Sathya saves David ([[Karate Raja]]) from being killed by local rowdies. The gang leader Antony ([[Kadhal Dhandapani]]) commends Sathya for saving his brother from the rival gang rowdies and offers him to join his gang. Sathya declines Antony's proposal and speaks ill of his activity. Thereafter, Sathya's parents and Thulasi arrive in Chennai; they are accommodated by Sofia in her house. In the meantime, Antony and the rival gang leader Annapoorani (Emey) make peace and want to kill Sathya. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.
==Cast== {{cast listing| *[[Hamsavardhan]] as Sathya *[[Keerthi Chawla]] as Thulasi *[[Sunitha Varma]] as Sofia *[[Vadivelu]] as Samarasam *[[Kadhal Dhandapani]] as Antony *[[Malaysia Vasudevan]] as Ramaiah *[[Sabitha Anand]] as Sathya's mother *Emey as Annapoorani *[[Karate Raja]] as David *[[Chitra Lakshmanan]] as Film Producer *[[Crane Manohar]] as Production Manager *[[Sampath Ram]] as SP Sivakumar *[[Gana Bala]] as Mechanic *Lalitha Paatti as Sathya's grandmother *Anjali Devi as Antony's wife *[[King Kong (actor)|Kong Kong]] as Samarasam's assistant *[[Ambani Shankar|Shankar]] as Samarasam's assistant *[[Chelladurai]] as Police Officer *[[Bonda Mani]] as Beeda Shop Owner *[[Thambi Ramaiah]] *[[Thideer Kannaiah]] *[[Halwa Vasu]] *[[Muthukaalai]] *Kalidoss as Moneylender *Ravi Shanth as Elango *[[Siva Narayana Murthy]] as Bayilvan Veeramuthu *Vijay Ganesh as Valakka *Marthandam *Subburaj *Amirthalingam *Rajmohan *[[Vengal Rao]] *[[Ragasya]] as an [[item number]] *[[Robert (choreographer)|Robert]] in a special appearance }}
==Soundtrack== {{Infobox album | name = Piragu | type = [[soundtrack]] | artist = [[Srikanth Deva]] | cover = | alt = | released = 2007 | recorded = 2007 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]] | length = 32:10 | label = Five Star Audio | producer = Srikanth Deva | prev_title = [[Nenjai Thodu]] | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = [[Vijayadasami (film)|Vijayadasami]] | next_year = 2007 }}
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[Srikanth Deva]]. The soundtrack, released in 2007, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by [[Na. Muthukumar]], [[Piraisoodan]], Devakumar, Muthumagan and [[Gana Bala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mio.to/album/Piragu+(2007)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722053034/http://mio.to/album/Piragu+(2007)|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 July 2018|title=Piragu (2007)|access-date=2017-12-20|publisher=MusicIndiaOnline}}</ref> Gana Bala, credited as Anathai Bala made his debut as singer and lyricist with this film in the song "Pathinoru Aattam" and also appeared in the song.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010901/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOICH%2F2013%2F02%2F10&ViewMode=GIF&PageLabel=39&EntityId=Ar03900&AppName=2 |title=I want to take Gana to a different level|website=Times of India|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=TOICH%2F2013%2F02%2F10&ViewMode=GIF&PageLabel=39&EntityId=Ar03900&AppName=2|archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Duration |- |1 || "Mudalil Santhithen" || [[Harish Raghavendra]], Meganthi || Na. Muthukumar || 5:40 |- |2 || "Unnaipole Pennai" || [[Srikanth Deva]], [[Srilekha Parthasarathy]] || Devakumar || 5:32 |- |3 || "Amma Appa" || [[Vijay Yesudas]] || Na. Muthukumar || 5:28 |- |4 || "Padinoru Per Aatam" || [[Gana Bala]] || Gana Bala || 5:21 |- |5 || "Kitavaada Kitavaada" || [[Suchitra]] || Muthumagan || 5:10 |- |6 || "Aasai Dosai" || [[Anuradha Sriram]] || Piraisoodan || 4:59 |}
==Reception== The film critic Malini Mannath wrote, "A lackluster script and slipshod narration reveal the amateurishness of a debutant director who seems not quite able to translate his ideas on to the screen", and that, "The saving grace of the film is Hamsavardhan (son of yesteryear hero Ravichandran), who bravely strides on through all the inadequacies of the script and his lacklustre role".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconeer.com/past_issues/2007/siliconeer_november_2007.html|title=Lackluster, Slipshod: Piragu|accessdate=2017-12-20|author=Malini Mannath|publisher=siliconeer.com|archive-date=17 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317071430/http://www.siliconeer.com/past_issues/2007/siliconeer_november_2007.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Laya of ''Kalki'' called Vadivelu's comedy as relief and noted Srikanth Deva's music as average, called both story and screenplay as uncompelling.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Kalki|language=ta|title=பிறகு |last=லயா|access-date=21 May 2024|url=https://archive.org/details/kalki2007-10-28/page/64/mode/2up|date=28 October 2007|page=65}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
[[Category:2007 films]] [[Category:2007 Tamil-language films]] [[Category:Indian gangster films]] [[Category:2000s masala films]] [[Category:Indian crime drama films]] [[Category:Indian action drama films]] [[Category:Films shot in Chennai]] [[Category:Films shot in Malaysia]] [[Category:Films scored by Srikanth Deva]] [[Category:2007 directorial debut films]] [[Category:2007 action drama films]] [[Category:2007 crime drama films]]